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EA Gave Ninja $1 Million Just To Play And Tweet About Apex Legends

It has recently been revealed that EA paid popular streamer Tyler Blevins, more commonly known as "Ninja," 1 million to play Apex Legends.

The videogame industry has worked very hard to prove that parents suck at predicting the future. Not very long ago, kids were being told to lay off the games and focus on their studies, as gaming wouldn't get them anywhere. However, it's certainly beginning to seem that the above was the worst advice a mother or father could possibly give to a kid because, apparently, some people are out here making millions just to play games and post about them on social media.

Well, at least one guy has been this lucky. However, gamers all over the world are making some serious money from the comfort of their homes and in gaming tournaments.

According to a story from Reuters, which cites an unnamed source, EA paid Ninja 1 million to play Apex Legends for a few hours and to tweet about it.

It certainly helps that Ninja is the most followed PC gamer in the world. He seemed to have given EA and Respawn quite the boost, as they hit 10 million players in three days and 50 million in the game's first month.

When the free-to-play battle royale released on February 4, Ninja tweeted about the game the following day and streamed his gameplay to his excess of 13 million followers on Twitch.

EA's representatives have declined to comment on how much Ninja was paid, as have his own reps. However, the Reuters source claims that the 27-year-old influencer made more than twice what prior reports said he raked in.